Vol 63 No 4 | NIGERIA New bankers' ramp 17th February 2022 A few days after Africa Confidential reported on the power of financiers in Nigerian politics, a couple of colourful election prospectuses extolling the virtues of African Development Bank...
Vol 61 No 17 | NIGERIA All power to the governors 27th August 2020 Watching the confusion and rivalries in Abuja, the states are trying to take control of resources and security Timipre Sylva's meeting with Nyesom Wike at the governor's mansion in Port Harcourt on 23 August bore all the signs of an old friends' reunion. Both are political...
Vol 40 No 17 | NIGERIA Clearly confusing 27th August 1999 Three months on, the economic policy of General Olusegun Obasanjo's government remains opaque. While the price of oil, which at US$20 a barrel is nearly twice that...
Vol 41 No 12 | NIGERIA Mixed reviews 9th June 2000 Civilian government wins praise for its democracy but blame for its lack of vision President Olusegun Obasanjo ended his first year in office on 29 May much as he arrived, struggling on several fronts against outbreaks of ethnic, regional and religious violence...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIACHINA Sanusi's message from Davos 11th February 2013 Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi took to the stage at the World Economic Forum (23-27 January) in Davos, Switzerland, to argue that Africa’s relationship with China...